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Ferrari 12 Cilindri Announced
New Ferrari 12 Cilindri looks in-cohesive in my non-expert opinion. I do not have a Master of Fine Arts nor any deep work experience in the art world. Surely, the performance will be phenomenal. The engine is still naturally aspirated with approximately 820 horsepower.
Photo from Ferrari Press Release
To me, it looks like the Italian brand is trying to bring back Fashion into the car world - when it should really be about Style. I'm referring to the definitions of Fashion and Style as Yves Saint Laurent said ("Fashions fade, Style is eternal"). Yes, it resembles the Daytona from the 70s - Baby Boomers will get the reference. But doesn't it look forced?
Photo of the 1970s Daytona 365. Photo from AutoSports Designs of Long Island, New York
I still lean towards the more rounded design of the Ferrari F12. But that's just my personal preference.
Here are more photos of the new Ferrari 12 Cilindri!
It's a beautiful car. Except the front isn't my favorite.
What are your thoughts? Isn't the name kind of lame too? "Ferrari 12 Cilindri" is a really silly name in my eyes. Hmm. Now I really like the F12 even more!
Exactly what I had in mind. The 365 inspired this new one a lot obviously. More pics of the rear?
Corvette C8 in the front, Aston Martin in the back.
But it will make no difference for buyers.
It certainly looks beautiful. Thanks for the pictures, Patrick.
I agree that the name, and other Italian car model names, like Quattroporte, are a bit daft and yet they sound exotic to a native English speaker.
If Aston Martin called one of their cars the "Two Door" they would be ridiculed by the UK motoring press. But Ferrari and Masserati can get away with it because their cars, and the Italian language, are beautiful.
All the best,
Jon
Bene bene bene! La Dolce Vita!
So true! Thank you for your straightforward yet totally on-point analysis. Especially to Americans - anything in Italian sounds great. I understand very little Italian - and yet I still like Puccini Operas. What Italian opera aria shall I listen to today?
When I was in Italy visiting long-lost relatives in the '80s...
...they would say, "La Macchina" (the machine) for 'Car.' Will we walk? No, we'll take the machine into town. I thought it amusing : )
Exactly.
I really don't understand why we Italians tend to give names to our cars that English native speakers will find almost impossble to pronounce correctly. Youtube is full of car contents where even car owners are completely incapable of pronouncing the name of their own cars, probably because even the salespeople are unaware of the correct pronounciation.
Not that French is better, almost 95% of the English native speakers cannot pronounce "coupé" correctly.
Translates to 12 Cylinder,
Looks to me quite a bit line the Roma coupe.
I don't think it is ugly, but it not beautiful to me either.
My thought with this and other so called super cars is..
That as the first world men become more and more fat this seems to apply proportionally to their cars. Especially with Ferrari, Porsche and Aston imo; Lamborghini not that much
Go to Vancouver...
Almost all of the people driving fancy cars (lots of Lamborghinis and Ferraris) are all very well fed kids from one country.
It's official folks, i'm old. Prefer the older designs.
The new ones over the past decade or two sure look modern, and they surely measure well in a wind tunnel too. Am also sure all those onboard computers can assist even someone with minimal piloting talent to achieve ok lap times.
But there's something inside of me crying that these newly created roadworthy devices somehow miss the mark in benefitting from pure HUMAN passion... and HUMAN talent.
jmho ymmv
Give me an F40... or any number of others of around that era.
I like the older designs too...
I really like the 575M, the 599, and the F12. 812 was a little edgy for me, but still beautiful. This one, I'm not sure I like so much. Shouldn't make too many judgments until I see it in person though.
Solid chocies. Am more a 1950s to 1980s guy.
Personally, was only able to enjoy a Euro-spec 308GTS QV for both public roadways and road course tracking for a few years until the engine needed a complete rebuild from tracking her 
)... Look at the subtle curves and lines and humps and... if you really study the overall design of the 308GTS.... imho it makes these Xbox wind tunnel inspired cars seem lackluster visually imho. Plus we have other legendary Pininfarina designs for Ferrari....
A few pics over the years including my private tour many moons ago thanks to the kindness of Mr. Pininfarina.
Not wind tunnel-approved for the lowest drag coefficient, and frankly my dear i don't give a damn.
These are works of art *and* of speed (akin to my love for the Spyker with the original steering wheel).
jmho
At my previous home in New England. Need a car take a car, have a car leave a car
)... Look at the subtle curves and lines and humps and... if you really study the overall design of the 308GTS.... imho it makes these Xbox wind tunnel inspired cars seem lackluster visually imho. Plus we have other legendary Pininfarina designs for Ferrari....
A few pics over the years including my private tour many moons ago thanks to the kindness of Mr. Pininfarina.
Not wind tunnel-approved for the lowest drag coefficient, and frankly my dear i don't give a damn.
These are works of art *and* of speed (akin to my love for the Spyker with the original steering wheel).
jmho
At my previous home in New England. Need a car take a car, have a car leave a car
You really need to be the guy carefully waxing a Ferrari 308 to truly feel the flow of the design imho.
+1! Sadly, not many Ferrari owners wax their own cars these days.
And I have to admit that I'm cheating too - I use the spray wax nowadays.
Wash, clay bar, dual-action buffer....
If you truly want to get 'intimate' with your car... caressing her every sensual curve is a good start